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For about 100% of my life I wore the same look: pants and T-Shirt/Hoodie. In Summer it was a short pair of pants and a T-Shirt. Another important thing is, that I rarely get sunburn, even when not using suncream, and I therefore rarely use suncream. These two things get quite funny, when You start to transition and start wearing more revealing clothes than usual.

So there was a pride parade a few weeks back and I decided to wear this very cool shoulder free top. Guess who forgot to wear suncream, and then burned all of her shoulders, because she never ran around shoulder free, and therefore her skin was not adapted to the sun?

So please for the love of god, when going out with more revealing clothes than usual:

WEAR FUCLING SUNCREAM

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[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

What a weird topic to have attracted so many absolute lunatics trying to police your (and everyone else's) diction... I didn't realize how militant some people are about what to call the stuff you wear to prevent sun burns.

Anyway, it's a good point OP. No one should be out here letting the Sun raw-dog their skin.

[–] TrippingBalls@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

I also call it this

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I got sunburn so badly it gave me something called “Hell’s Itch” and I will never forget sunscreen again from that experience. Think of your foot falling asleep but all over your sunburn. I probably have nerve damage from it.

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That sounds like pure hell

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago

It’s very aptly named

[–] minty@aussie.zone 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I still have nightmares of my fucking feet peeling after a day at the beach as a kid. And oh the sun blistering on my nose. I do worry about my skin cancer risk lmao

[–] gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

peeling after a day at the beach as a kid

oh god i thought i was the only one ... back then i didn't understand that that stuff is dangerous

for everyone reading this: beaches are dangerous. there's practically no trees -> no shade. people forget suncream because they're not used to it, neither is your skin. --> pls don't go to the beach at midday. instead go either in the morning or in the afternoon, when the sun is at a flatter angle in the sky.

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I spent one summer day snorkeling around tidepools as a kid; it was a blast. Saw a bunch of fish, even an octopus!

…And I didn’t put sunscreen on at all, so my back got so burned I couldn’t hardly sit or lie down the entire rest of the trip lol

Never forgot sunscreen again that’s for sure

[–] SillyMe@piefed.social 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't seem to have any fucking sunscreen. Will the regular stuff work?

Yeah, it should work too. The fucking part is important if you want it to stick better to your skin.

[–] erinmeow@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa sun is awful, i get very very uncomfy on sun, my vision is unhappy, my body too

just wearing closed clotches, since feel incredibly sensory uncomfy outside when my skin is too open, never wearning short pants

also when trying to use sunscreen uguguhguh is very sensory uncomfy, i hate feeling of something on my skin, even own sweating (this can lead to very very sensory overloads),

[–] guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] erinmeow@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

maybe because the sun in my asshole is pretty rare? and mostly hot days are very rare, either -30C winter either +30C summer, and awful mid periods such as spring, autumn, sun is rare, most of year is cold

alsoooooooo my body is sensitive to heat, but isnt to cold, weird, my mom opposite which leads to conflict with home temperature, fan, clotching

I love the cold so much. If it were a person I’d marry it.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have a friend who hates the feeling of sunscreen so much he would rather burn or do anything else to avoid putting it on

[–] gegil@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 days ago

I remember one day few years ago, i spent entire day outside on hot sunny day. I was literally cooked. Now i put sun protecting cream on EVERY bare piece of my skin.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 4 points 3 days ago

I like to bring a big gay umbrella or a parasol to Pride. =D

[–] CascadianGiraffe@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Also some meds have warnings against prolonged UV exposure.

Always read the fine print.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago

All it took was not rubbing in spray-on sunscreen for me to get blisters all over my shoulders on a waterpark day as a kid.

The sun hates me. 🥲

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Shitty LPT: get a bunch of fine line tattoos, that way you'll be inclined to wear sunscreen in order to keep them fresh

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Just so you don't get shit in the future, the word is "sunscreen."

[–] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunscreen

Sunscreen, also known as sunblock,[a] sun lotion or sun cream

You should really make sure you're right before being pedantic.

[–] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I've never heard anyone call it sun cream in 30+ years, so it's an understandable thing to think someone is using a slightly wrong word. I don't find it pedantic at all. Wrong, apparently, but not pedantic.

well in german it's called "sonnencreme" (= sun cream). so it's very understandable to me that somebody translates it that way.

[–] femtek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pedantic disapproving : of, relating to, or being a pedant (as in being overly concerned with minor details)

[–] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't consider informing someone of something they might not know to be "overly concerned with minor details"

You literally don't know what you don't know. Learning new things and informing people of new things shouldn't be frowned upon.

Personally, I understood what sun cream is from context, and assumed OP is not a native English typer. Close-but-not-quite words like that are common, and a polite correction is appreciated by many. I absolutely love when I use the wrong word in Spanish and someone politely corrects me, because then I understand the language better.

I'm sorry if that comes off as "pedantic" to you, I guess.

[–] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Personally I find any unsolicited grammar "advice" unnecessary and incredibly rude, doubly so when it's not even right. It just breeds toxicity and devolves conversations into pedantry about pedantry.

Well then I guess have fun being upset on other people's behalf for the rest of your life. 👍

Reflective/transflective LCD or e-paper?

[–] SquishedFly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 days ago

Yes! Also really important now during both festival season and massive heatwaves in Europe

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

hey dacow <3

its called sunscreen ~ i know i know "Sonnencreme" but still hehe >v<

In case you don’t know, “sun cream” is a regional variation of the term “sunscreen”. It’s also often called “sun block” or “sun lotion”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunscreen

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The hell is "suncream"? Did you mean sunscreen?

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

It was a literal translation from the German word for it, but (as I learned in this thread), it is a correct English word (that means the same as sunscreen)

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've never heard suncream here in the US, but apparently it is a valid term. Sunscreen is a better word, though, because it won't be confused with suntan lotion, which "suncream" could be. Sonnenschutzmittel looks to be the closest equivalent to "sunscreen".

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I believe that is the more commonly used term in the UK while sunscreen is more USA.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Color me surprised. Leave it to the Brits to take a normal word and made it silly and weird!

[–] jac@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, because "Sunscreen" is so sensible. ☀️📺

Listen to yourself.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What's so silly about naming a product after what it does: screens your skin from the sun? It's pretty self explanatory. Meanwhile "suncream" is ambiguous and mildly sexual.

[–] jac@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

It only sounds weird to you because you've not lived with it all your life.

I can do what you just did; What's so silly about making a product after what it is: A cream that protects you from the sun? It's pretty self explanatory. Meanwhile "sunscreen" is ambiguous and mildly sexual.

Sunscreens are films you put on glass to filter some of the light.

Incidentally, What's sexual about cream? I don't know why you said that and I think you're telling on yourself. I left that part alone in the above because "suncream" and "sunscreen" are about as sexual as eachother to normal people.